Joe Riggs has been removed from tonight’s Strikeforce “Melendez vs. Thomson” card after he failed to be cleared for the bout by the California State Athletic Commission.
UFC veteran Drew Fickett had agreed on short notice to fight in place of Riggs against middleweight prospect Luke Stewart but Maximum Fighting Championships officials have vetoed the bout [...]

UFC veteran Shonie Carter has been forced to withdraw from his Strikeforce “Melendez vs. Thomson” bout against Luke Stewart after sustaining a knuckle injury, according to Sherdog.com. Replacing Carter will be UFC veteran Joe Riggs.
Here’s a snip from the report:
Extroverted welterweight Shonie Carter has withdrawn from a co-featured bout against Luke Stewart at Strikeforce “Melendez [...]

From TKOXtreme:
UFC veteran Joe “Diesel” Riggs has been signed to headline the Phoenix Fight: “Street Justice” on April 26 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His opponent will be Mike “Gates of Hell” Gates (5-3-1) and the fight will be at a catch weight of 180lbs. These two were originally scheduled to fight at a King of [...]

Rich Franklin, apparently healed from recent surgery on his MCL, will take on Travis Lutter in Montreal on April 19th at UFC 84 according to The Fight Network. The Franklin-Lutter bout was originally scheduled for UFC 82 in March but was pushed back as a result of Franklin’s injury.
The World Cagefighting Organization will host an [...]

UFC veteran Joe Riggs has been released from his UFC/WEC contract and has signed a more lucrative contract with Strikeforce according to The Fight Network:
The seven-time UFC veteran says he recently asked promoters Zuffa LLC. to release him from a four-fight co-promotional contract with its sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting to pursue more lucrative offers [...]

UFC veteran Joe Riggs earned a first round, submission victory over Dan Chambers this past weekend at a Hardcore Championship Fighting event in Edmonton, Canada. The fight was no normal fight with a Zuffa contract going to the winner. Earlier this year we learned that the fight between Riggs and  Chambers would have an interesting [...]

Joe “Diesel” Riggs (25-9 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has had to pull out of tonight’s WEC match which was to mark his debut in the organization. From MMAWeekly.com:
According to Scott Lewis of Pavia, Ciscone, & Associates – Riggs’ management company – Riggs has had a bulging disc in his lower back for quite some time, [...]

Joe Riggs’ (25-9 MMA, 2-3 UFC) 25-9 mixed martial arts records look impressive but his 2-3 UFC record failed to impress. “Diesel was dealt losses by Matt Hughes, Mike Swick, and Diego Sanchez while posting wins against Nick Diaz and Jason Von Flue.
Riggs’ suffered the death of his son but after taking just a few [...]